AB3AP's K2 Parameter Retrieval Software

It's always a good idea to have the state of your particular K2 stored away in case your rig ever requires a reset or undergoes some other event catastrophic to the stored settings.

This Java program uses the K2's KIO2 serial port to grab those settings. The program is more primitive than my others, so it's not quite as friendly to the user. -But- it gets the job done!

Shortcomings

I'm not lucky enough to have any transverters so I didn't write code to retrieve TRN info.

Running the Software

After downloading the program as described on the bottom of the previous page, using the program is pretty straightforward.

  1. Open a text window like xterm on unix-like machines or a DOS window on Microsoft boxes.

  2. Move into the directory where you put the Params.class file. Use your OS's "change directory" command, which is called "cd" on most. On a linux box, it would look something like:

    cd /home/mm/elecraft

  3. Type:

    java Params

    However, the program assumes your K2 is on a serial port named /dev/ttyS0, only because that's where it is on my machine. If instead you're on, say, COM1 type

    java Params COM1

  4. If the above doesn't work on a Windows machine, try downloading the file params.bat linked to in the download section. Edit the file if you're not on COM1, and then simply clicking on the file name in Windows Explorer should start the program.

REMEMBER! You must plug the frequency counter into the BFO TP2 in order to retrieve BFO settings. That part's not wireless. :-)

Sample Output

Here is the actual output of the program when run against my K2. If you have a KDSP2 board, the program will also print out those settings. You can see I reset my mine pretty close to factory defaults for this run. 

ST L 160
ST P 0.60
T-R  0.02
RPT  006
INP PDLN
IAB   A
SSBA   3
SSBC 2-I
LCD NITE
GRPH DOT
OPT PERF
ATU AUTO
RANT OFF
PF1 ST L
PF2 ST P
SLCH 0FF
RATES 3R
DOT  0.90
FPLY 45
PORT ON
SPLT NOR
PO28 10.0
RTTY ON
RTC ON
RIT   0.6
ACC  --
D19   Y
PA   ON
TRN1 OFF
TRN2 OFF
TRN3 OFF

CAL
  CUR  3.50
  TPA  12C
  S LO 181
  S HI 020

Filter settings
  CW:       FL1 1.70C   FL2 1.00C   FL3 0.40C   FL4 0.20C   
  CW rev:   FL1 1.70C   FL2 1.00C   FL3 0.40C   FL4 0.20C   
  LSB:      FL1 OP1L    FL2 OP1L    FL3 1.80L   FL4 0.70L   
  USB:      FL1 OP1U    FL2 OP1U    FL3 1.80U   FL4 0.70U   
  RTTY:     FL1 OP1R    FL2 OP1R    FL3 1.80R   FL4 1.60R   
  RTTY rev: FL1 OP1R    FL2 OP1R    FL3 1.80R   FL4 1.60R   

BFO settings
  CW:       04913.51C   04913.27C   04913.07C   04913.04C   
  CW rev:   04915.38C   04914.46C   04914.29C   04914.25C   
  LSB:      04913.64L   04913.54L   04913.03L   04912.41L   
  USB:      04916.67U   04916.61U   04916.09U   04915.25U   
  RTTY:     04913.67R   04913.64R   04913.12R   04912.87R   
  RTTY rev: 04916.63R   04916.63R   04916.06R   04915.84R   

DSP settings
  C1 NR       
  C1 LPASS    
  DSP ON      
  NR 89 70    
  CN G  0.0   
  CF G  0.0   

  C2 NR       
  C2 .60 .80  
  DSP ON      
  NR 89 70    
  CN G  0.0   
  CF G  0.0   

  C3 NR       
  C3 .60 .25  
  DSP ON      
  NR 89 70    
  CN G  0.0   
  CF G  0.0   

  C4 NR       
  C4 .60 .10  
  DSP ON      
  NR 89 70    
  CN G  0.0   
  CF G  0.0   

  S1 NR NT    
  S1 LPASS    
  DSP ON      
  NR 89 70    
  NT 40 07    
  SN G  7.0   
  SF G  0.0   

  S2 NR NT    
  S2 .20 2.5  
  DSP ON      
  NR 89 70    
  NT 40 07    
  SN G  7.0   
  SF G  0.0   

  S3 NR NT    
  S3 .30 1.9  
  DSP ON      
  NR 89 70    
  NT 40 07    
  SN G  7.0   
  SF G  0.0   

  S4 NR NT    
  S4 .30 1.6  
  DSP ON      
  NR 89 70    
  NT 40 07    
  SN G  7.0   
  SF G  0.0   

  R1 LPASS    
  DSP ON      
  RF G  0.0   

  R2 2.5 1.0  
  DSP ON      
  RF G  0.0   

  R3 2.2 .30  
  DSP ON      
  RF G  0.0   

  R4 1.0 .20  
  DSP ON      
  RF G  0.0